“I
think that if we examine our lives, we will find that the most
good has come to us from the few loyalties, and a few discoveries
made many generations before we were born, which must always be
made anew. These too may sometimes appear to come by chance, but
in the infinite web of things and events chance must be something
different from what we think it to be. To comprehend that is not
given to us, and to think of it is to recognize a mystery, and
to acknowledge the necessity of faith. As I look back on the part
of the mystery which is my own life, my own fable, what I am most
aware of is that we receive more than we can ever give....”